Ever been to visit a doctor or hospital? If yes, then massive healthcare institutions and insurers have a lot more "biometric data" than just your fingerprint -- they will have a paper "readout" of your body and organs, probably starting with when you were born. Bloodtype, mental history if any, major diseases, list of past and current medications and prescriptions, EKG exemplars, surgeries, past accidents or injuries, size and weight history, parent and sibling information, whether you smoke or drink excessively, and on and on and on.

And it's pretty handy for quick logins. No offense, but Americans seem pretty paranoid about "Big Brother" invading their privacy. The truth is that very few people are even important enough for the NSA or any other government group or corporation to have any reason to take any notice of your information out of that of millions of others.

And it's pretty handy for quick logins. No offense, but Americans seem pretty paranoid about "Big Brother" invading their privacy. The truth is that very few people are even important enough for the NSA or any other government group or corporation to have any reason to take any notice of your information out of that of millions of others.

And it's pretty handy for quick logins. No offense, but Americans seem pretty paranoid about "Big Brother" invading their privacy. The truth is that very few people are even important enough for the NSA or any other government group or corporation to have any reason to take any notice of your information out of that of millions of others.

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Completely agree. Analysis of everyone = Analysis of no one. Real intelligence is being able to find and stop real threats, not chase down every soccer mom's afternoon appointments..

That's the only one I know off hand because I happened to buy one recently. It wouldn't surprise me if there are more in the near future.

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Completely agree. Analysis of everyone = Analysis of no one. Real intelligence is being able to find and stop real threats, not chase down every soccer mom's afternoon appointments..

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That's just what I mean. If Big Brother is spying on everyone then each person is just a grain of sand on the beach. Yeah, you can be seen, but you're part of such a big crowd that you're still effectively anonymous unless BB has some reason to look at you in particular, and as I said, the vast majority of people aren't that important.

It comes down to this: if any other smartphone manufacture implemented a fingerprint reader into their phone, they would be blasted and it would be doomed. But if Apple does it, it will be a huge success and everyone will love it and "find it useful".

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